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Don’t Blame the Business Model: 5 Strategies To Avoid Burnout in Your Service Business
Burnout isn’t inevitable when you run a service business, no matter what people want you to believe. In this episode we’re talking about why working…
The Framework for a BS-Free Service Business
As bosses, many of us worry we’re missing something as we build our businesses, so the idea of using a specific business framework to do…
Masterminds: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
Masterminds are often seen as a must-have for business owners, but should we believe the hype about what they can really do for us? In…
How Sketchy Business Practices Have Become Online Business as Usual
It’d be an understatement to say that 2020 has changed everything. As our society and lives as we know it are forever altered, that bleeds…
9 Questions You Need to Ask Before You Invest in Anything
As the saying goes, you need to spend money to make money, but is that really true? My take is that sometimes it is and…
Episode 226: Celebrity Entrepreneurs: Everything You Need to Know (+ The 6 Different Types of Celeb Entrepreneurs)
Dude bros. Lady bosses. There are so many different types of entrepreneurs vying for our attention and our money, and I’ve termed these the celebrity…
Episode 225: Finding Clients: Everything You Ever Need to Know About Referrals
Fall is coming up quickly, and if your business is anything like mine, it’s GO time for new business opportunities. To help you go after…
Episode 224: YES, You Can Scale Your Service Business
If you’re listening to this podcast you’re either tired of the hype in the business world about growing your business, or you’re looking for ways…
Episode 223: Building a Digital-First Business with Avery Swartz
No matter how digitized your business is (or isn’t), 2020 has made one thing clear: the future of our businesses relies on our ability to…